Ossian's Dreams

machinegnome: Pan The son of Hermes and a nymph, Pan was half goat half man who lived in the forests of Arcadia surrounded by satyrs and maenads. He was a fertility god, protecting the fields, woods, shepherds and goatherds. He was believed to make he goats pregnant.  Pan had invented the flute when the nymph Syrinx had turned into reeds in order to escape him. Blowing the reeds he created beautiful music, but in spite of that, he did not manage to make any nymph fall in love of him since he was so ugly. He also loved beautiful shepherds.  Christianity took some of Pan’s attributes when creating the image of the Devil.  The ancient Greeks believed that when their herds suddenly started running or shuddered with fear without any apparent explanation, it was Pan who scared them. For this we have the word panic - sudden and total fear.  When the Persians attacked Athens in 480 BC the messenger Pheidippedes met Pan in Arcadia. Pan asked him why the Athenians did not worship him and said he would gladly help them against their enemy. So, he appeared on the side of the Athenians at the battle of Marathon, and a cult was founded to his honour in a cave on the northern side of the Acropolis. Art by Majid Ismaeily.

machinegnome:

Pan

The son of Hermes and a nymph, Pan was half goat half man who lived in the forests of Arcadia surrounded by satyrs and maenads. He was a fertility god, protecting the fields, woods, shepherds and goatherds. He was believed to make he goats pregnant. 

Pan had invented the flute when the nymph Syrinx had turned into reeds in order to escape him. Blowing the reeds he created beautiful music, but in spite of that, he did not manage to make any nymph fall in love of him since he was so ugly. He also loved beautiful shepherds. 

Christianity took some of Pan’s attributes when creating the image of the Devil. 

The ancient Greeks believed that when their herds suddenly started running or shuddered with fear without any apparent explanation, it was Pan who scared them. For this we have the word panic - sudden and total fear. 

When the Persians attacked Athens in 480 BC the messenger Pheidippedes met Pan in Arcadia. Pan asked him why the Athenians did not worship him and said he would gladly help them against their enemy. So, he appeared on the side of the Athenians at the battle of Marathon, and a cult was founded to his honour in a cave on the northern side of the Acropolis.

Art by Majid Ismaeily.

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xo-skeleton: Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, Ahasuerus at the End of the World, 1888

xo-skeleton:

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, Ahasuerus at the End of the World, 1888

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Liquid Sculptures: Powerful Waves Photographed by Pierre Carreau Seem Frozen in Time

Photographer Pierre Carreau was born in 1972 near Paris surrounded by a family of artists including a photographer, painter and sculptor, all of which would influence his creative upbringing as well as his artistic output. As a child he was always fascinated by the manifestation of waves and the diversity of color, shape, and size found in each of them. Some of his first photography projects involved work for surfing magazines and water sport equipment manufacturers.

Carreau’s work has now moved into fine art as he shoots waves with a variety of high speed cameras using various macro and wide angle lenses, capturing water shapes that appear more sculptural than liquid. These are truly some of the most remarkable wave photos I’ve ever seen and you can see many, many more over on his website. He also has a number of fine art prints available over at Clic Gallery

 on May 2, 2013 • 

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